Camillo Caccia Dominioni
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Camillo Caccia-Dominioni (7 February 1877 – 12 November 1946) was an Italian
cardinalate
in 1935.
Biography
Born in
Canon of St. Peter's Basilica
.
Named
majordomo, by Pope Benedict XV on 16 June 1921. Upon the death of Pope Benedict on 22 January 1922, Caccia-Dominioni and all other major Vatican officials, in accord with custom, automatically lost their positions during the sede vacante. He was later confirmed as Prefect of the Pontifical Household by Pope Pius XI on the following 7 February and succeeded to the post of Canon of St. Peter's Basilica on 14 February 1924. Caccia-Dominioni was considered to be a protege of Pius XI,[2] at whose final hours the former was present in his bedchamber.[3]
Caccia-Dominioni was created
announced Pius XII's election and later crowned
him on 12 March 1939.
According to
pederast.[4] The OVRA had a file on him, which detailed that he often lured young boys to his apartment in Rome for sex, and that the pope had been aware of this.[5]
The cardinal died from a heart ailment in Rome, at age 69.[2] He is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo.
Trivia
- It was falsely speculated that Caccia-Dominioni had been elevated to a cardinal in pectore by Pius XI in the consistory of 13 March 1933.[6]
References
- ^ Holy See. Ex-alunni 1850-1899, Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica
- ^ a b Time. Milestones November 25, 1946
- ^ Time. Death of a Pope February 20, 1939
- ^ David I Kertzer: "The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe"
- ^ Kertzer 2014, p. 94.
- ^ Time. 1900th Passion April 3, 1933
